Civil Service Statistics

The latest national statistics on civil service produced by the Office for National Statistics were released on 20 January 2009 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. Latest release

The key points from the latest release are:

• At 31 March 2008, Civil Service employment was approximately 525,000 (492,000 on a full-time equivalent basis)



• The proportion of civil servants from minority ethnic backgrounds was 8.5 per cent. The proportion declaring themselves as disabled was 6.6 per cent



• Median gross annual earnings (excluding overtime or one-off bonuses) for permanent full-time employees were £22,520

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